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Hydrogel Biomaterials for Application in Ocular Drug Delivery by Courtney R. Lynch; Pierre P. D. Kondiah; Yahya E. Choonara; Lisa C. du Toit; Naseer Ally; Viness Pillay is a Engineering article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Hydrogel Biomaterials for Application in Ocular Drug Delivery about?
There are many challenges involved in ocular drug delivery. These are a result of the many tissue barriers and defense mechanisms that are present with the eye; such as the cornea, conjunctiva, the blinking reflex, and nasolacrimal drainage system. This leads to many of the conventional ophthalmic preparations, such as eye drops, having low bioavailability profiles, rapid removal from the administration site, and thus ineffective delivery of drugs. Hydrogels have been investigated as a delivery system which is able to overcome some of these challenges. These have been formulated as standalone systems or with the incorporation of other technologies such as nanoparticles. Hydrogels are able to be formulated in such a way that they are able to change from a liquid to gel as a response to a stimulus; known as “smart” or stimuli-responsive biotechnology platforms. Various different stimuli-responsive hydrogel systems are discussed in this article. Hydrogel drug delivery systems are able to be formulated from both synthetic and natural polymers, known as biopolymers. This review focuses on the formulations which incorporate biopolymers. These polymers have a number of benefits such as th
Who reads Hydrogel Biomaterials for Application in Ocular Drug Delivery?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Engineering.
- Author
- Courtney R. Lynch; Pierre P. D. Kondiah; Yahya E. Choonara; Lisa C. du Toit; Naseer Ally; Viness Pillay
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media SA
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Engineering (Physical Sciences)